"When I was writing The Shadow of the Glen I got more aid than any learning could have given me from a chink in the floor of the old Wicklow house where I was staying, that let me hear what was being said by the servent girls in the kitchen."

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Source : John Millington Synge, Ann Saddlemyer (1998). “Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays”, p.96, Oxford University Press, USA

John Millington Synge

#Girl Quotes #Writing Quotes #House Quotes

“And, my brothers, it was real satisfaction to me to waltz-left two three, right two three-and carve left cheeky and right cheeky, so that like two curtains of blood seemed to pour out at the same time, one on either side of his fat filthy oily snout in the winter starlight.”
“With hindsight, we recognize that the social and moral confusion of the late 1960s and early 1970s is part of a cultural cycle; we're in a similar time of upheaval now in the sense that the nation is divided upon itself, and some of the present schisms appear both terrifying and permanent. It's true that unless we learn from the past, we're condemned to repeat it.”

Source : Source: www.omnivoracious.com
“Don't speak to me about your religion; first show it to me in how you treat other people. Don't tell me how much you love your God; show me in how much you love all God's children. Don't preach to me your passion for your faith; teach me through your compassion for your neighbors. In the end, I'm not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as I am in how you choose to live and give.”

Source : FaceBook post by Cory Booker from Feb 04, 2012
“I have always examined closely the motives of any group for which I am asked to raise money.”
“I don't tell clients what to do. I don't even really tell them what the future is.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Oh Lord, are there really people starving still?”
“I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.”
“I'm really hopeless with technology - I don't even have a computer.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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